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A. W. FOX, OF COLUMBIAVILLE, MICHIGAN.

Lettera PatentgliouSZflOS, dated September'15, 1868.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: o

Be it known that I, A. W. Fox, of Columhiaville, in the county ofLapeer, and State of Michigan, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in a Machine for Packing, Pressing, and Weighing Wool andother similar substances; and I do herehyideclare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable othersskilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, formingpart of. this specilication, in which-Figure 1`is a plan or top view of my invention.

Figure 2, an inverted plan of-the same.A Y

Figure 3 is a vertical section of the same, tnlcen in the line :c :c offig. 2.

Figure 4 is a vertical sectionof the same, taken in the line yy, iig. 2,which is at right; angles' to .the section-line x zr. l

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention relates to a new and useful machine for packing,pressing; and Weighing wool and other similar substances. l A

It consists in a novel construction and arrangement of parts, ashereinafter fully shown and described, whereby the'desired work 'may bedone very expeditiously, and in'a'thorough'or perfect incarner.-V

In the accompanying sheet ofdrawings- A. represents a rectangular frameor support,having a horizontal bed or platform on its top, composed ofhingcd parts, B I3, C C, and fixed portions, D.

l The parts B B are hinged to portions D, as shown at a, and theseparts, B, extend the whole length ofthe top, and open inward or towardseach other. I l

The hinged portions C C are smaller than B B, and are hinged, as shownat. 6, to a central fixed part, D, the portion C C opening at rightangles to B B, (see fig. I.)

To the under side of each hinged part, B, there is attached, .by a hingeorjoint, c, a. ban-E, and these bars are each provided with a notch, d,which, when the parts B are raised -to a vertical p0sition,'catch on xedbars, e, in the frame A, and retain the parts B in such position, (seeg. 4.)

The parts C C are retained in a vertical position by means ofspring-catches,f, attached to one of the parts B, (sce fig. 3.)

'.lhe hinged parts B B, when it is desired to close or let them down,are released by throwing the bars E o from the fixed bars e, which isaccomplished by simply pulling a rod, F, (see fig. 2,) the inner end ofwhich is connected to a lever, G, underneath the platform, the ends ofsaid lever having arms, I I, pivoted tc them, and the outer ends of saidarms being pivoted to levers, .I-J, which, when the rod F is pulled,come in contact with the bars E, and throw themed' from e, a. spring, g,on rod F, having a tendency to keep 'the levers J free from the bars E.A

K are strings, attached to the edges of the hinged parte B B, C C, andextend entirely over their upper surfaces, `from edge to edge, as shownclearly in fig. 1. i

The wool or substance to he pressed, packed, and weighed, is placed onthe hinged parts B B, C C, and the latter raised to a vertical position,as shownin figs. 1 and 2, and there pressed orpacked, and bound by theStrings K.' i A The substance is weighed by the-following means: Thecentral fixed part D has a rod,-h,-passiug centrally through it. Underthe top of h there is secured a circular plate, i, on which the pressedand bound substance rests after the hinged parts B B, C vC are let down.

The rod h is attached at its lower end to'a benj, one en d of which isconnected, hy a joint, k, -to one side of the frame A, and the oppositeend rests on a. spiral spring, l, in a tube, m, which is'attaohed to -alever, L, at one-side of the frame A.

The spring l and tube m constitutie an ordinary spring-'balanceweighing-device, the endof thebu j extending through a slot in a plate,u, attached to the tube, said plate being graduated to indicate theweight, and the projecting 'end of the bar jserving as an index. 4

During th'e'packingand binding of the substance, the lever L is letdown, so that the circular plate z' will rest on the top of the centralfixed part D. After the substance is thus packed and bound, and thehinged parts B B, C C let down, the leverI is raised, and the boundsubstance is supported on the plate z', and the Weight consequentlyobtained by referringto the graduated plate of the'spring-balance.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The weighing-device, consisting` of the circularplate z', rod p, hinged bar j,ftubem, spring l, and lever'L, incombination with the hinged parts B'B, C C', and fixed part D of thepacker, as herein described for the I purpose specified.

' A. W. FOX.

Witnesses:

ALFRED' PETIT,

